Milwaukee ZIP codes — Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Milwaukee County is a major city in Wisconsin, with 927,656 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 35.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Milwaukee County earn a median of $62,118 a year, 20.9% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 17.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Milwaukee County is valued at $216,500, 28.6% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,069 a month, 24% below the national figure, or roughly $12,828 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 49.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.